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RBA governor Michele Bullock explained the 6-3 split in the bank over its decision to hold interest rates steady in July. But data since suggests it may cut in August.

Australia risks becoming a ‘welfare state’ without spending, productivity fixes

The Reserve Bank was split on a rate cut at its last meeting – now the minutes reveal why six board members voted against change.

  • Shane Wright

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A fully-formed monthly inflation report will start from November, helping the Reserve Bank set interest rates.

Australia to finally get monthly insight into inflation pressures

From November, Australia will join the global norm and produce full monthly inflation reports to help guide the RBA

  • Shane Wright
Hidden fees are a fact of life in our financial system, and some of them are even more egregious than credit card surcharges.

Forget card surcharges, these three invisible fees are costing us more

Hidden fees are a fact of life in our financial system, and some of them are even more egregious than credit card surcharges.

  • Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Michele Bullock.

Oops. Did the Reserve Bank get that last rate decision wrong?

With June’s labour force numbers out, the merry dance of predicting rate movements and second-guessing the central bank begins afresh.

  • Elizabeth Knight
The unemployment rate rose to 4.3 per cent in June, the fourth month in a row the unemployment rate has lifted.

Unemployment at four-year high heaps pressure on RBA to ‘not make same mistake twice’

An unexpected increase in the jobless rate has put the spotlight back on the Reserve Bank after its recent decision to hold interest rates.

  • Shane Wright
Airline loyalty card schemes, which on sell data to brokers, are being investigated as part of a review of data broker practices.

Warning to Australians who use credit cards to earn airline points

The generosity of rewards schemes could be scaled back if a proposal to ban surcharges for card transactions goes ahead.

  • Elias Visontay
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Treasurer Jim Chalmers, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock have a fight on their hands.

Albanese, Chalmers and RBA face nasty, brutish fight … to save you $60 a year

The Albanese government wants to improve the economy. A proposed ban to card surcharges will be a test of its ability to succeed.

  • Shane Wright
Bank shares are known for their dividends, but some analysts say these payments are unsustainable.

‘Snowball effect’: RBA’s card surcharge ban risks higher prices and job cuts

Businesses would be banned from applying surcharges to all credit and debit card transactions from July next year under a Reserve Bank proposal.

  • Elias Visontay, Jessica Yun and Shane Wright
The fuss it has caused damages the Reserve’s credibility and thereby its ability to manage the economy successfully.

If the RBA has lost its way on interest rates, we’ll suffer from its fumbling

With its silly decision to hold rates, the Reserve Bank has shaken the faith of the financial markets, businesses and households.

  • Ross Gittins
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Michele Bullock.

Listen: Is the RBA misleading us, or are they confused themselves?

Mortgagees were disappointed and economists shocked this week as interest rates were held, despite what was predicted. How did everyone get it so wrong?

  • Jacqueline Maley and Paul Sakkal

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